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coy, thank you. thanks to all of you for joining us. cnn this morning starts right now. good morning, everyone. so glad youre with us on this monday. this morning, were watching growing threats of the israel/hamas war spreading to a much wider conflict, new overnight, israeli military ramping up air strikes after announcing it was expanding the ground assault to the entire gaza strip including in south, where so many civilians have fled, the idf say the strikes destroyed 20 on hamas ...

Moderating members of the previous cabinet would lend support to pulling out. i dont think that mr. mat tis would agree, but that is what a appears to be the direction, and that is is a big, big mistake. >> we will be watch. former representative ron klein, thanking for sharing your expertise with us. all right. coming up, hawaii with the strongest eruption of a volcano in years. we will have a live report from the ground next up. xxx. its just a burst pipe, i could fix it. (laugh) no. with cl...

Military officials have confirmed now that two soldiers were killed overnight in the helicopter crash in kentucky and the helicopter crew was conducting a routine training operation in fort campbell when the helicopter went down. the crash is under investigation, and the two soldiers who were killed have not been released. marching papers for the national guard troops. he said this afternoon we are sealing up the border. secretary jim mat tis has signed orders to deploy up to 4,000 troops to t...

>> nbc news has learned both mattis and pompeo and the defense secretary are disclaiming any knowledge of this and that they had anything to do with drafting this document. in general here at the pentagon, officials are trying to figure out just what this new administration wants. well have a visit here tomorrow. president trump will be visiting, meeting with the joints chiefs. absent clear -- theyre still waiting to see what the new political leadership wants. after that, theyre reduced to rely...

Shes going to be confirmed. she was asked if she believed that russia committed war crimes in syria. and she answered affirmatively, right? now you have the incoming u.n. ambassador from the united states branding vladimir putin a war criminal at the same time that you have the president-elect saying, putting putin on the same level as angela merkel, one of our closest allies in europe. there is major dissonance here between the u.s. ambassador and the president-elect and at the same time in mat...

With me, speak out, its a good idea. general mat tis was confirmed by the senate armed services committee today 26-1. only senator keirsten jill brand of new york voting against him presumably because hes only been out of the military three years instead of the required seven. is that right? >> we. she was one of the few that decided she did not want a general in a traditionally civilian position. from the perspective of most democrats up there, mattes is a sigh of relief, someone ideologically ...

Surprising and the fact is if youre attacking clinton or weakening clinton in whats basically a two-person presidential race, you are by definition helping donald trump. so, i dont think any of these conclusions are terribly surprising. >> scott shane, thank you so much for your expertise and your time. >> thank you, michael. time for everybody else to check in and see whats going on via twitter. smerconish, i cant believe a cnn anchor actually in a way defends trump. there is a god. i dont kn...

We only know about one for certain. and it may be that they wont tell us who the others are, that they dont want us to know that. i think its too soon to tell whether by the end of the day well know all of them or not. >> at least it is a developing story, thank you, pete. police busted an alleged al qaeda plot in norway. authorities say three suspects were plotting a terrorist attack in that country, using powerful portable bombs. the arrests come a day after u.s. officials said last years fa...

Defer or grant exemptions from or delay implementation of any provision that could cause problems for people. so thats the president trying to make good on his promise to dismantle obamacare and make it clear that hes going to do that. also there was action on capitol hill yesterday, the presidents two first cabinet picks were approved by the senate by overwhelming votes. that is james mat tis as secretary of defense. >> they may not get another vote on a cabinet pick until monday. all right. th...

John, what do you thinks holding up the additional release of white smoke from the chimney atop trump tower? >> well, i would like to think whats holding it up is that theyre doing careful vetting and trying to figure things out. and everything that people from inside that world are saying suggests thats true. im willing to take him at face value. and as you know,y view that there are two big jobs in a transition. one is figuring out who the 4,000 people are who are going to staff the government...